On Monday 11 December 2006 a delegation of CWU Postal representatives visited the Finnish Embassy in Ireland to pass on the UNI-Europa Postal position paper on the Commission’s proposal to fully liberalise the Postal Services Sector in Europe by 2009.

Mr Ian McArdle, CWU’s Head of Regulatory Affairs and Mr Dave Moran, Secretary of CWU’s Dublin Postal Delivery Branch met with the Finnish Ambassador, Mr Seppo Kauppila (see pictures below). 

The CWU delegation conveyed in the strongest possible terms the fears and concerns of An Post workers who stand to be hardest hit by the current liberalisation agenda being pursued by the European Commission.   The delegation requested that the Ambassador pass on the position paper to the relevant people in Finland and convey on behalf of the CWU the serious concern of its members regarding the threat these proposals represent to their job security as well as the integrity of the postal network in Ireland.

Mr Kauppila agreed to covey the Union’s message and the UNI position paper to his colleagues in Helsinki.